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Pole taking over as EU agriculture commissioner

28.11.2019 14:38
Poland's Janusz Wojciechowski is set to take over as the European Union’s agriculture commissioner after the bloc’s new executive headed by Germany’s Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday won approval from MEPs.
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (centre) and her new team
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (centre) and her new team Photo: EPA/PATRICK SEEGER

“My task will be to make the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy friendlier and more concrete, with less red tape. I want this policy to make agriculture as a whole more environmentally friendly,” Wojciechowski said after the vote.